Welcome to Compete, a joint venture between Deadspin and Kotaku dedicated to covering the best, worst, dumbest, most thrilling, most interesting, and, generally, the most stupefying—in the better and worse senses of the word—in esports and competitive gaming. We’re just getting started here, but hope to make this a…

March Madness is here, spring training is afoot, and fantasy players of all sports are honing their picks. Sports fans have unprecedented access to games, scores, and sports news from anywhere with there smartphones. Today we're rounding up the best apps for keeping up with your favorite teams from your iPhone or…

You can hide people from your Facebook News Feed, but that won’t stop Facebook from showing them elsewhere, constantly recommending that you view photos of your ex and his/her new flame. Here’s how to completely hide someone from Facebook.

Christmas victory! You've just obtained the final component for your ideal home theater set-up. Now it's time to hook everything up and turn your living room into that badass entertainment zone you've always envisioned. We'll guide you through the basics.

In light of recent events, many of you may be concerned about an onslaught of SPAM email. Here's how to fight back and keep your inbox clean, regardless of what service you use and how you check your mail.

When something like a password database compromise happens, it's a good time to reassess your online security. With the right tool, I've reset all of my passwords in 3 minutes, from a train. Here's how.

On December 12th, we discovered that Gawker Media's servers were compromised, resulting in a security breach at Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Gawker, Jezebel, io9, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Deadspin, and Fleshbot. If you're a commenter on any of our sites, you probably have several questions.

Traveling in general isn't always fun, but it's especially miserable during the holidays. Long lines, long drives to the airport, and frequent delays make the process hard to endure. Here are our top ten tips and tricks for surviving holiday travel.

Alcohol, like caffeine, has an enormous reputation but loose understanding in popular culture. Learn how it's absorbed and how fast, why it's essential to reality TV altercations, its paradoxical sexual effects, and its life-lengthening potential, whether red wine or Bud Light.

You've seen and heard the candidates running for office around you, but what do you really know? Where can you get a straight-down-the-middle assessment of where everybody stands? These are the sites you can turn to before you cast your vote.

You can complain about it all you want, but it's a fact: some fast food is delicious. It gets a whole lot better with fresher, tastier ingredients. Here's our top ten favorite fast food recipes that you can make at home.

If you're a sports fan with diverse tastes, you've long since realized you can't possibly watch every broadcast game. Web site Are You Watching This?! keeps you updated on which current games are shaping up to be instant classics.